FORM AND SPACE

1. TYPE OF FORM

ORGANIC the structure of a work that has grown naturally from the author’s subject
and materials as opposed to that of a work shaped by and conforming to artificial rules.
The concept was developed by Samuel Taylor Coleridge to counter the arguments of
those who claimed that the works of William Shakespeare were formless.

GEOMETRIC  are forms that can be constructed using geometry, such as squares,
rectangles, circles, cones, cubes, and so on. Geometric forms are commonly found
in architecture, structural and civil engineering. This is as opposed to 'organic' forms
which are generally complex, irregular or asymmetrical, and cannot easily be constructed
using geometry. naturally-occurring forms are often considered to be 'organic'.

ABSTRACT is from a Latin word meaning "pulled away, detached," and the basic idea
is of something detached from physical, or concrete, reality. It is frequently used of ideas,
meaning that they don't have a clear applicability to real life, and of art, meaning that it
doesn't pictorially represent reality. It is also used as a noun, especially in the phrase "in
the abstract" (a joke has a person laying down a new sidewalk saying "I like little boys in
the abstract, but not in the concrete"), and as a verb (accented on the second syllable),
meaning "to remove."

2. FORM TRANSFORMATION

DIMENSIONAL is a form can be transformed by altering one or more of its dimensions

and still retain as a member of a family of a form.

ADDITIVE is a form can be transformed by addition of elements to its volume. The

nature of the additive process and the and the number of relative sizes of the elements
being attached determine whether the identityu of the initial form is altered or retained.

SUBTRACTIVE a form can be tranformed by subtracting a portion of its volume.

Depending on the extend of the subtractive process, the form can retain its identify as a
cube even though a portion of it is removed, or be transformed into a series of regular
polyhedrons that begin to approximate a sphere.
 3. TRANSFORMATION OF FORMS

CENTRALIZED
Consist of a numbe rof secondary forms clustered about dominant, central parent form.

LINEAR
Consist of form arranged
Sequentially in a row

RADIAL
Are composition of linear forms that extend outward from central forms in a radial
manner.

CLUSTERED
Consist of forms that are grouped together by proximity or the sharing of a common
visual trait.

GRID
Are modular forms whose relationships are regulated by three dimensional grids.

4. POSSIBILITIES OF GROUPING FORMS:

SPATIAL TENSIONS
It requires that the two forms relatively close to each other, or share a common visula
trait such as shape, material, or color.

EDGE TO EDGE CONTACT

Two forms share a common edge, and can pivot about the edge.

FACE TO FACE CONTACT

It requires that the two forms have flat, planar surfaces that are parallel to each other.

INTERLOCKING VOLUMES
Two forms interpenetrate each other’s space. These forms need not share any visual trait.

REFERENCES:

https://www.britannica.com/art/organic-form

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Geometric_form

https://www.slideshare.net/fdjaipur/theory-of-design-form?next_slideshow=1

https://www.slideshare.net/nainamalhotra/form-additivesubtractive
 Technological Institute of the Philippines

Quiapo, Manila

AR 111

THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1

Prelim Research no. 2

Submitted by: Submitted to:

Reje A. Cuaresma Ar. Romeo Camacho

Section: Date:

BSARCH - AR11KA6 July 04, 2018